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Longtime GBS social studies teacher and debate coach Tara Tate is the recipient of many honors this year.

She has been named the National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) National Citation Winner for Speech/Debate/Theatre Educators, and is one of five finalists for the National Educator of the Year Award from the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA). She has already been named the State Educator of the Year. A national winner will be named March 2.

Dozens of Glenbrook South students got together the morning of Feb. 2 to celebrate some of their shared interests: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

The annual STEM Breakfast, sponsored by the GBS Science, Mathematics and Career/Technical Education departments, is intended to encourage students to consider pursuing a STEM-related career. This year all female sophomores in science, mathematics and engineering classes received an invitation to the event.

GBS hosted its second annual Women in Business Breakfast on Jan. 31. The event was meant to connect female business leaders of today with those of tomorrow through networking, conversation and a thought-provoking panel discussion.

Local businesswomen were able to share their journeys and experience with female GBS students who are still trying to navigate their own interests and passions.

Glenbrook South yearbook adviser Brenda Field was surprised in her classroom Jan. 24 with the news of being named the 2017 H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year.

The program is designed to honor outstanding high school advisers and their exemplary work from the previous year, as well as throughout their careers. Field will be recognized again this spring during the National high School Journalism Convention where she will deliver a keynote address.

Glenbrook South is in its second year of hosting its Geometry in Construction course. Held every day, the course gets students working both inside the classroom with geometry and outside the classroom with construction. About 30 students are enrolled this year.

Glenbrook South Key Club members believe in creating sustainable change. They go beyond charity and focus on liberty, meaning they establish programs and opportunities that better the lives of people they help for the long run.

GBS is participating in “Inside Out: The People’s Art Project” through June 9. The display is intended to represent the identity of GBS students and staff both inside and outside the building. More than 140 portraits have been created for this project, measuring 12 square feet each.

GBS Athletic Director Steve Rockrohr has been named the 2016-17 3A/4A Athletic Director of the Year by the Illinois Athletic Directors Association (IADA). He was presented with the award May 7 in Peoria.

GBS Athletic Director Steve Rockrohr has been named the 2016-17 3A/4A Athletic Director of the Year by the Illinois Athletic Directors Association (IADA). He was presented with the award May 7 in Peoria.

Galante recently participated in a SaLT (Service and Learning Travel) Spring Break trip to New Orleans where she and about 20 other local students worked to restore housing damaged from Hurricane Katrina (2005) and a tornado that occurred only a few months ago.

Hundreds of Glenbrook South students currently enrolled in U.S. History classes attended an in-school field trip March 20. The guest speaker was Aaron Elster of Lincolnshire, an 83-year-old Holocaust survivor.

Glenbrook South’s graduating class of 2016 reported 96 percent of graduates pursuing higher education this fall at 184 different campuses. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Oakton Community College remain the top college choices selected by Glenbrook South students.

Each year on Loyalty Day, Glenbrook North High School Spartans layer on their green and gold garments and pile into the gym for an assembly celebrating a spectrum of achievements from clubs, athletics and individual pursuits. Their emcees, the five-member Student Activities Board, introduce honors wearing the same striped long-sleeve polos that have been donned for decades. At the end of the assembly, the Down by the River Boys lead a chant that literally has the crowd jumping up and down and “going bananas.”

Each year on Loyalty Day, Glenbrook North High School Spartans layer on their green and gold garments and pile into the gym for an assembly celebrating a spectrum of achievements from clubs, athletics and individual pursuits. Their emcees, the five-member Student Activities Board, introduce honors wearing the same striped long-sleeve polos that have been donned for decades. At the end of the assembly, the Down by the River Boys lead a chant that literally has the crowd jumping up and down and “going bananas.”

This year's Glenbrook South winter play, Neil Simon’s "The Good Doctor," will tell a series of short funny scenes, connected by one writer who weaves his tales.

Performed by nearly 20 students, the stories will introduce a man who over-apologizes and has a nervous breakdown after accidentally sneezing on his boss, a dentist and his first patient, a defenseless woman who is not so defenseless and military men who discuss their ideal lunch.

The play will be performed Thursday, December 10, at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Friday, December 11 at 4 p.m., in the Lyceum. Tickets are $7 or one free with an activity pass. For more information, visit gbstheatre.com.